Temple william and jonathan swift (1 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First of this edition. First collected edition. 2 volumes. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Folio. [6]ff, 480pp; [4]ff, 585pp. Bound in contemporary calf, the covers with stamped borders and gilt center emblem. Plain endpapers, no former owner marks. Hinges are cracked, front board of volume 1 is detached. Raised bands (7 panel), original title label over-stamped with gilt volume numbers 1, 2. The letters were edited by Jonathan Swift, who also wrote the Life. A preeminent English statesman, Temple was called out of retirement to implement a plan of his design to reform government rule. He was the architect of the Privy Council Ministry, which, though it failed, was an early effort to establish an executive along the lines of what later came to be understood as Cabinet government. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Not available for priority/expedited shipping. Due to the size/weight of this set extra charges to apply for international shipping. …